12

Jack felt a twinge a he wandered from the kitchen to the bedroom and he grunted as he rubbed the spot where his hip used to be.

"Ok Cariad?" Ianto asked as he followed.

"Yeah, just wind" Jack said as he rubbed and screwed his face up.

"Attention in there" Ianto said to the large bump, "Enough monkey business. Daddy is tired and you are not too big to go over my knee!"

Jack laughed softly as his silly mate and Ianto rose to kiss him and rub the spot lovingly.

"Rubbin!" Lily-Rose crowed as she rushed up and pushed the hand away, burying her face in the spot to croon.

"Ahhhhhhh. Gods!" Jack sighed as the pain receded, "Of course she gets listened to."

"Little beasts, ganging up on us already!" Ianto growled as he leaned in for a kiss.

"Come on Daddy" Ianto said with a smile, "Sleepy time."

Ianto led him to the bedroom which was already lit dimly and settled him on the bed.

Lily-Rose scrambled up and started to kiss the bump, telling the little peanut she was still calling Thorn to get some sleep.

Jack sighed as she settled in the crook of his arm while sucking her thumb, completely happy.

"I'm just going next door to change" Ianto said softly, wanting to get out of the suit he had put on to please Jack. Funnily, they always picked him up when he was being moody.

Once in a soft pair of PJs, he returned to find his loves asleep. With a grin, he covered them up and wandered back into the main Tardis. He spent a bit of time going through rooms and making the appropriate noises as he was shown things from other worlds.

When he was shown a room with steel armour however, she made a tactical error.

He had never seen medieval armour and Ianto was on his knees hyperventilating before she realised her mistake.

She called for her Doctor as she tried to calm him but Ianto couldn't seem to hear her.

River came with the Doctor and cursed as she started to drag Ianto from the room, the Doctor turning to get Jack.

When Jack arrived he was horrified to find his strong, handsome mate on the floor crying hysterically.

"What is it?" he cried falling to his knees and ignoring the complaining back.

"In there" Ianto gasped, then cried out and grabbed him as he went to go in, "No Cariad. No, not you!"

"What the fuck is going on here" Jack snarled as he comforted the bereft man.

"A suit of medieval armour on there, it startled him." The Doctor explained, "It's nothing to fear, Ianto. It was just something that housed a human when …"

Ianto started to scream. Not a bellow, a high pitched scream as he threw himself at Jack, covering him with his body as he babbled that he must save them.

Jack was beside himself with anger and sorrow as Ianto lost his mind at the thought of a cyberman on board.

The Doctor realised that he had made it worse and flapped his hands as he tried to think of a solution.

That's when Lily-Rose joined in.

Waking to find herself alone, she had heard the distant commotion and found her Taddy on the floor. She ran to him and pushed her way in, cuddling into him as his fear became contagious.

"No, no. Not my babies" he moaned as he clung to her, "Please not that. Anything but that, don't take everything away, not that. Please. Not my lovely Jack."

River had left and returned with a patch that she slapped on his neck and he went limp.

"He'll only be out for a while" she panted, "We must get him away from here before he wakes up."

They managed to carry him back to the bedroom and Jack wiped the tears from his own face as he watched Lily-Rose climb in and stroke her Taddy's furrowed brow.

Jack slid into the bed and snarled for the others to get out, enough damage had been done.

He clung to Ianto as he tossed and turned, crying out several times and scaring Lily-Rose to tears again.

"What scared Taddy?" she asked, wide tearful eyes boring into Jack.

"Have you ever had a bad dream that was so real that even when you woke up it was still there?" Jack asked softly and she nodded.

"I get scared that I am lost. I keep looking for you and Taddy but the people are all in the way. I keep thinking it's you but when I grab your leg there's a stranger" she whispered.

"Taddy is scared too" Jack said hoping a little white lie would be OK, "He had a fright and now he's stuck in the scare."

"Poor Taddy" she crooned, no longer afraid.

As they settled to sleep, Jack held Ianto tight, determined to smash the armour to pieces.

He just hoped that Ianto would wake and think it had been a dream, he prayed to the gods that they would give him that small mercy.

Jack also thought of how he covered him and the baby, even in his delusional state, he wanted to save them.

Jack kissed his forehead and thanked the gods for their gifts.

He also quietly thanked the Tardis for moving the rooms closer, getting him there faster and trying to help.

It was the least she could do.

She was so ashamed.